PBA: Magnolia uses big third quarter to beat Meralco

MANILA, Philippines-Magnolia used a cutthroat third quarter on Sunday night to carve out a 108-96 victory over Meralco and get back to the win column of the PBA Commissioner’s Cup.

The Hotshots unloaded 47 points in that blistering period to wrest control and leave the enemy scrambling the rest of the way, bouncing back from a stinging loss to visiting Bay Area over a week ago.

“[Here’s] a crazy stat: they (the Bolts) turned the ball over seven times and we scored 17 points out of those turnovers,” said assistant Jason Webb, who stood in for coach Chito Victolero during the post-game chat.

“These guys, they feed off their defense. We really had a bad second quarter, but the …

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